How can tourism use land more efficiently? A model-based approach to land-use efficiency for tourist destinations

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-640

  Kytzia, Susanne ^a   Walz, Ariane ^b,c   Wegmann, Mattia ^a  

^a FHO Fachhochschule Ostschweiz   (Switzerland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Input output; Land use; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MODEL; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

DAVOS; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78650987045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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